This file handout photo taken by satellite imagery provider DigitalGlobe and released to AFP by the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative department at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSSI) think tank shows a satellite image of what is claimed to be an under-construction airstrip at Fiery Cross Reef in the Spratly Islands in the disputed South China Sea. — AFP photo
TOKYO: Japan yesterday slammed Beijing’s bid to reclaim land in the South China Sea as a “coercive attempt” to force sweeping maritime claims, in a defence paper that comes as Tokyo is expanding the role of its own military.
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Source: The Borneo Post
